Sus & power family
D suspended fourth chord
Dsus4D suspended fourth
Piano root position
- Root
- 4
- 5
Guitar standard tuning
Open chord
Uses open strings, no barre.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- 3
- G4
- ♭5
- A5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- D Root
- G Perfect 4th
- A Perfect 5th
About this chord
What is a D suspended fourth chord?
Dsus4 is built from 3 notes: D (the root), G (the 4), A (the 5). The fourth hangs in place of the third and wants to fall back to it.
- Notes
- D · G · A
- Formula
- 1 · 4 · 5
- Also written
- Dsus
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Neighbours
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